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Whilst out shopping with SWMBO yesterday we called into our local branch of "The Works bookshop", and as we wandered around I came across a selection of different new Haynes manuals, among them was one for the " English Electric Class 50 1967 onwards (all models) owners' workshop manual" .They were on sale at just £6.00, reduced from £22.99. When I looked at the publishing date they were first printed December 2017, so are upto date. On looking through the book there are lots of colour images of both inside and outside the locos, also lots of good detail photos of details on the underframe, engine compartment and cabs. It also has details of all the different liveries carried by each loco along with lots more info on there histories. This book I believe is a great book for anyone modelling a class 50 and to my surprise I was given permission to purchase a copy for myself.

If you are looking for some ideas you could try Google images under the heading UK grain silos

Must say brutes were too low, too cold and too small. It had to be one of the wooden floored GPO trolleys when we used to go spotting overnight at Crewe, if we got to tied you could get youself quite comfy.

Those were the days, sleepers, TPOs, locos on passenger trains.

So good to see your on the mend Mr P.

Yes they are included in the latest Parkside by Peco catalogue, under the product code PA19.

Hope this helps

So if stopped by the police as well as MOT certificate does he have to give them a boiler certificate.

 Wonder what the road tax is like on that ?

I have several ideas for my layout and have also drawn several plans, however they are all well and good until I look at finding room to build them.

As the saying goes, from little acorns great oaks grow. Hope that this could be the start of a great future.

Its such a shame that most people that visit preserved railways will quite happily drop a few quid in a box to help with the restoration of a steam loco however few even bother about a diesel loco. These locos deserve the same amount of care and consideration as the steam locos, they are often well used to help keeping these railways operating. Used for engineering and shunting as well as operating some passenger services. It would be great if these locos could be used to help training the younger members of the preservation groups in maintenance and repair, even if it was just to keep the external bodywork intact and weather proof.

Would it be that hard to cover these sort of stalled restoration projects with a tarpallin if no more work was planed, at least to slow down the weather and wildlife from further decomposition. If these projects were covered it would mean they could have a brighter future.

How about some Warflat wagons, PFA single container wagons loaded with the red MOD sideloading containers.

Only just caught up on your thread since new year. Wishing you a speedy recovery Andy, look forward to seeing you posting more layout news.

 Best wishes Ian

It would be quite interesting to know which age group had the majority of disposable income and an a rough idea of what people could afford to spend per month.

As reguarding the safety issue the garage could be held liable if they allowed the car to be used knowing there is a safety recall in place and that this vehicle was subject to this.

As for the keyless ignition, you can now get hold of small bags which stop the car being able to pick up the key once you put them inside.

So is this a way that Bachmann can make sure of extra sales by creating a market for barrier vehicles with working couplings.

Could be one of the welsh coal field tank locos ?

So how long are we going to have to wait to see some actual models, afterall we're still waiting to see even an EP of the retooled 158.

Don't mean to put everyone on a downer but just pointing out the elephant in the room.

I see that they are reusing the HO tamper and doing coaches to go with it. Surely it would have been better to bite the bullet and tool up a new proper OO tamper, be it a 1970s built 07 type or the 2000s built 08 type.

Also noticed several second generation units. Will we actually see one or two this year or will they be like the long awaited, mystical 158s

When ever I have been at a show as an exhibitor I have tried to talk to the public when they have asked, however I have also operated several layouts on which certain operators have to concentrate on the actual layout operation, such as loading stone trains. On such layouts its generally better to have a spare operator who can talk to the public. Personally I would always talk to the public to help keep the interest in the hobby and I believe that as an exhibitor you should talk to the public, afterall if they didn't pay to visit the shows, we wouldn't be able to take our layouts out.

Wasn't there an Australian company made a conversion kit which included a motor, first motion gear, back plate and securing screws along with an instruction sheet.

Following on from that with all the water used and the oxidation the exposed RE bar will begin to rust a decay which will then begin to fracture more of the concrete. This weaken the structure and make it potentially dangerous, it could take some time to remove all the wreckage.

The same things would have to be considered in any future fire suppression system as well. Could it be possible to make a fire resistant concrete using some sort of resin mixed in with the concrete as its made and poured. A fire suppression system could have pipework cast inside the concrete so the only external parts would be the nozzles.

I would start with a layout that runs well with no input from above, working automatic couplings.

Next would be well modelled scenery, structures and trackwork including associated  lineside equipment.

Following this would be the addition of the population, if you don't get the figures right then you might as well start again.

And finally the trains. Certainly have to be weathered and run well. I'm not that bothered with the stock being 100% accurate, just give a close idea, I'm not to bothered with the train consist being 100% accurate but of the correct era.

Would a sprinkler system be effective if a vehicle fire started under the bonnet, as it is designed to keep rain and bad weather out of the engine compartment or would a high preasure misting system fitted in the floor pointing upwards be a better system.

If that is the case the building will require shoring up before any recovery can take place and once done the building will require demollission, so any new carpark structure could be designed with fire suppression equipment from the start.

I would have said some sort of royal train duty as it wasn't named and 1981 was a busy year for royals.